Tag: France

4 Muslim preachers banned from entering France

France said Thursday it had banned four Muslim preachers from entering France to attend an Islamic conference, saying their “calls for hatred and violence”...

French police kill ‘Al-Qaeda’ militant, end siege

Armed police stormed a house and killed a gunman whose murders of Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers traumatised France and briefly halted the presidential election...

French police tighten siege on ‘Al-Qaeda’ gunman

French police stepped up pressure Thursday on a besieged Al-Qaeda militant who boasted of having "brought France to its knees" with a wave of...

France shooting suspect says he ‘trained in Waziristan’

The shooting suspect holed up in a flat in southern France claimed to police besieging him he was trained by the al Qaeda militant...

Pakistan condemns France killings

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Wednesday that Pakistan strongly condemns the killing of innocent civilians in France on Monday. In a statement issued...

French police corner Al-Qaeda suspect after shootings

French police surrounded a house Wednesday where a man suspected of a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had carried out...

France conducts manhunt after Jewish children killed

France struggled on Tuesday to grasp why a serial killer had gunned down three Jewish children in cold blood, triggering a massive manhunt and...

Libya, France, ICC want to try Gaddafi spy chief

France and the International Criminal Court have filed formal requests with Mauritania to extradite Libya’s ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi, a security source said Sunday...

France welcomes Pakistan-India process to normalize trade ties

France has welcomed moves by Pakistan and India to normalize trade relations. A French Foreign Ministry statement referred to Pakistan's decision to further open its...

Iran wants talks under spectre of possible war

Iran is to host a high-level team from the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday as part of efforts to defuse dire international tensions over...

Britain and France to sign nuclear power deal

Britain and France were to strike a deal on civil nuclear energy and discuss closer defence ties at a summit on Friday between Prime...

NATO allies debate France’s early Afghan exit

NATO defence ministers begin talks Thursday facing dilemmas after France abruptly decided to end its Afghan combat mission early and a leaked report accused...

France upends NATO’s exit strategy in Afghanistan

France's decision to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned deals a blow to the US-led war effort and threatens to...

‘France’s early pullout to boost Taliban’

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision to withdraw his forces from Afghanistan by 2013, a year ahead of 2014 set by the NATO for troops...

New French ambassador, Qaim discuss Pakistan-France relations

Newly appointed Ambassador of France to Pakistan Philippe Thiébaud called on Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House on...

France calls for calm ahead of genocide law vote

France appealed for calm after a furious Turkey threatened “permanent” sanctions if French senators pass a bill later on Monday to outlaw denial of...

France pledges commitment to Afghanistan despite killings

France appeared to lessen the prospect of an early withdrawal from the 10-year war in Afghanistan on Saturday, stressing its commitment to the country...